Global Patent Index - EP 2837367 A3

EP 2837367 A3 20150617 - Second pass femtosecond laser for incomplete laser full or partial thickness corneal incisions

Title (en)

Second pass femtosecond laser for incomplete laser full or partial thickness corneal incisions

Title (de)

Femtosekundenlaser mit zweitem Durchgang für Hornhautschnitte über die vollständige Dicke oder Teile davon

Title (fr)

Laser femtoseconde de deuxième passage pour incisions cornéennes au laser incomplètes d'épaisseur totale ou partielle

Publication

EP 2837367 A3 20150617 (EN)

Application

EP 14178969 A 20140729

Priority

US 201361859737 P 20130729

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2837367A2] A method for forming an incision in an eye, the method including performing a first pass of a first laser beam along a path within an eye, wherein after completion of the first pass there exists a residual uncut layer at an anterior surface of a cornea of the eye. The method further including performing a second pass of a second laser beam only along a portion of the path that contains the residual uncut layer, wherein after completion of the second pass, the residual uncut layer is transformed into a full complete through surface incision.

IPC 8 full level

A61F 9/008 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61F 9/00827 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 9/00836 (2013.01 - US); A61F 9/0084 (2013.01 - US); A61F 2009/00872 (2013.01 - EP US); A61F 2009/00885 (2013.01 - US); A61F 2009/00897 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

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Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2837367 A2 20150218; EP 2837367 A3 20150617; CN 104337613 A 20150211; CN 104337613 B 20190503; US 10492954 B2 20191203; US 11759360 B2 20230919; US 2015032091 A1 20150129; US 2018104104 A1 20180419; US 2020206034 A1 20200702; US 9844465 B2 20171219

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 14178969 A 20140729; CN 201410366682 A 20140729; US 201414444311 A 20140728; US 201715844603 A 20171217; US 201916700532 A 20191202